America's Unique Deaf Stories; Established 1996; 22nd year

2014/01/29

Looking for Derrick and his #40 jersey at the Super Bowl?Click on http://www.nfl.com/inactives before the gamestarts to make sure he is playing; eight Seahawks playerswill be inactive for the game; coaches always make lastminute roster moves. If Derrick plays, look for him onSpecial Teams because he really plays very little onoffense. Will he be made active? He played 12 games and2 playoff games this season, missing four games. So, willhe definitely play? While newspaper stories on him have beenheavy, DeafDigest thinks coach Carroll will activate himfor the game because he is best with the Special Teams.

— music industry not wanting deaf to attend musical events?

Do the music people in Great Britain avoid selling tickets todeaf musical lovers? There was a story in a British newspapersaying that online reservations for musical events are notaccessible to the deaf. And by not being accessible to thedeaf and the disabled, it has cost the industry approximately2.5 million tickets, valued at $110 million dollars annually!A group of mystery shoppers tried out these online reservationsystems and the came out saying the system stinks for the deaf!

— these messed up CART assignments

DeafDigest editor asked a friend, who is deaf and is anattorney if he had CART problems. He said that sometimesCART reporters are stuck in bad traffic. Sometimes CARTequipment does not work – an example would be a set ofdead batteries! When that happens, there is nothing thedeaf attorney could do about it!